The Sunday Oregonian., December 06, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 8, Image 30

THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 6, 1903.
TWO SPLENDID RESIDENCES JUST COMPLETED
AS GREAT SUCCESS
PORTLAND
Investors Look to Undeveloped
Tracts for Best Chances
for Future Returns.
PRESENT OWNERS HOLD OK
East Side Business Sites Attract
Most Attention on Acount of Ad
vancing Values In Older
Parts of City.
BT JOWX J. HARRISON1.
"Nothing succeeds like success." Is an
axiom that applies to success of a city
fully as strongly as to Individuals. Port
land today is classed anions; the suc
cesses of the United states, not only by
Its enthusiastic citizens, but by observ
ers all over the country.
Realty In this city presents a singular
coniraaiciion n is lower man In lalrly
comparable cities of the country, and at
the same, time retains steadiness. Ii most
business affairs. If something can be
obtained at less cost In one place than
another, the cheaper thing ordinarily Is
(cobbled up by those who want that sort
of Investment.
Gradually Investors In realty are turn
ing; their attention to the superior at
tractiona and certain train to come In
Portland property. These superior ad
vantages work both ways, however, for
It has become a saying among dealers
In good income-bearing properties that
holders are so well satisfied with what
they have that they show less and less
Inclination to let go.
Satisfied With Holdings.
"What Inducements are we to offer an
owner of a good-paying piece of Im
proved realty." said a prominent dealer
yesterday, "in a case h here the owner
has seen his property advance to a phe
nomenal extent in a few years, and
from which he Is receiving, a remarkably
large percentage In Income based on
what he paid for It only a few years ago.
"Take, for Instance, one case I have
In mind. T known an old man who
bought three-quarters of a block with
fairly good houses erected thereon some
10 years ago. He paid for the whole
piece and houses less than Jin.OOO. I
made him an offer recently of DO.OOO for
one-quarter. His answer was: 'I am
getting from my rentals enough to keep
me comfortably the rest of my life, and
when I die the ground will be a nice
thing to leave to my daughter. It's, get
ting more valuable every year, and even
if I should sell it now, what would I do
with the money ?'
"This property is located In the Bouth
west district of the city, and if the old
man would sell It. there would be al
most immediately fine buildings built to
replace the old ones. He cannot be
convinced that the ground Is too valu
able to be incumbered with the old
style bouses, nor that by selling part of
the ground iie could have enough money
to build a modern building on the re
maining portion that would pay him a
much greater Income than he receives
now.
"Such cases as that keep back Im
provement In the appearance of the city,
but would appear to be past remedy.
There Is another side to the question that
la not unanswerable. Some of the best
sites for business buildings are held by
people who will neither sell nor Improve
without any apparent reason. It Is this
class of owners with whom progressive
citizens lose patience."
Portland's Rapid Progress.
To get back to the original idea. It's
only here and there dog-in-the-manger
owners are found, for records of trans
fers show and new buildings testify to ,
a remarkable advancement in Port
land's progressiveness. Portland is a
success in spite of the few mossbaeks
yet remaining who blind themselves to
the new era that has dawned. When a
month's building operations foot up near
ly Sl.OW.0Oi). as did November, and when
realty transfers run up toward J100.O00
a -day. as was the record for the past
couple of weeks, it means but one thing.
Portland Is a success.
Outside capital as well as local is be
ing rapidly employed In developing new
territory in the suburban districts or in
erecting great modern structures on sites
formerly occupied by inferior buildings.
This is not exaggeration. ver 25 build
ings are now under course of construc
tion In Portland that Involve an outlay
of over Jl.800,000. and on top of that the
next three or four months will show
others started that will more than
double the amount now figured. A city
Is a success that can count its building
operations in millions.
Month Makes Good Start.
The month of December has made an
excellent start, for in the five days of
the month there were 66 building per
mits issued with estimated cost in
volved of J450.42S. Included in the week
the largest permit was for the C. K.
Henry b-iilding at Fourth and Oak
streets for J150.000. Yesterday a permit
was issued for a Greek church building
at Seventeenth and Taggart streets to
cost J10.000. Over a dozen new churches
are now under way and several others
are being enlarged.
East side business sites continue to be
in demand, and in the last two weeks
several desirable pieces on East Morri
son. Bumside and East Stark streets
were secured by intending builders of
warehouses or other business structures.
Along the railroad lines especially, there
U a good active demand for factory and
warehouse sites, the effect of which has
brought up values along the principal
streets leading back from the river. On
account of advancing values on the West
Side. Investors are being attracted to the
other side of the Willamette, and unTl
the best pieces are disposed of on the
newlv made ground reclaimed from
sloughs and gulches. ' and unimproved
lets gurtlier bock. th-re is every indi
cation that activity will continue in these
properties.
Large Deals In Prospect.
An unusual number of large deals are
"up in the air" which are liable to be
drawn to earth within the next few days.
Hardly a dealer in the city fails to re
port good deals under way of closing
up. but until papers are signed up and
passed, they decline to announce any
thing definite. One of the largest opera
tors in Tortland said during the week he
had some deals on that are almost cer
tain to be consummated before the first
of the new year, and that when ready
for announcement the transactions would
cause quite a surprise party In realty
circles. This remark Is quoted to Indi
cate the excellent tone that is pervad
ing the market.
Erect College Gymnasium.
gymnasium is being built for the
Christian Brothers" College, on Grand
trenun and Wasco street. Th lower
portion is of solid concrete walls and
the upper part is of frame construction.
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structure. It will cast about $2000.
One half of the block owned by the
Christian Brother?, fronting on Ea6t
Sixth street, has been reserved as a
playground and for recreation, but
eventually will be occupied by another
building similar If not larger than the
present college, when the present one
becomes overcrowded. It Is considered
reasonably certain that the new building
will be needed Inside of three years at
least.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR SEMWOOD
Sewer System Assured, as Well as
Other Public Works. ,
Construction of a sewer system for
the western half of Sellwood. costing
185,774. is now assured for next year,
which is an improvement of great im
portance for that suburb. It will take
about one year to build, and it will be
completed none too soon for this grow
ing suburb. There 13 a constant growwi
south from Midway to the golf links.
vacant tracts having been cut into lota
and built over.
It is not a fact that Portland nunas
only north toward the Columbia River.
That fine residence section between
Milwaukee street and the Willamette
River is filling up with attractive
homes. The Midway school-house,
built a year ago, is already filled and
must soon be enlarged. East Thir
teenth street, extending from the golf
links northward nearly to the Crema
torium, has been completed, and the
Improvement of East Eleventh street
to the boulevard from the golf links
is projected. A movement has been
started to secure another large water
main, as the present main a 10-lnch
pipe is too small to deliver all the
water required. It is considered that
the new main should be 24 inches in
diameter, as it must supply a big pop
ulation for many years. It is proposed
that this main will be laid through
Waverly-Rlchmond and Kenllworth
districts, supplying these sections and
the intervening territory, on to Sell
wood. Construction of the sewer system
and the prospective construction of an
other sewer system in Eastern Sell
wood emphasizes the need of this large
water main. It is also announced that
the Portland Railway, Light &' Power
Company has had plans prepared for
Its proposed carbarns and clubhouse,
to be erected on the tract between
East Thirteenth and Eleventh streets,
near the golf links, next year. The
Episcopal church is completing an at
tractive parish house at a cost of
$2000.
REFUSES GIFT OF $40,000
Minister Wants to Use Plate Dona
tion for Charitable Purposes.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Presented with
J40.000 by members of his congregation
on the occasion of the 2Sth anniversary of
his rectorship of Grace Church, this city,
the Rev. William Reed Huntington
has declined to accept the gift and has
turned it back for the use of the church.
In a letter he suggests to the parishioners
that the income from the sum be used
during his rectorship to carry on paro
chial, charitable and missionary work. In
the event of his retirement from the
church he is to make use of the income
himself, but when he dies it shall revert
to the church treasury.
In his letter rr. Huntington, who Is 70
years old, says:
"I cannot but think in view of the dis
parity now existing in local Incomes that
any merely personal method of using this
special offering would seem to my
brethren in the ministry selfish In the
extreme."
Cobnrg Man Assigns Property.
EUGENE Or., Dec 6. (Special.)-J. J.
Henderson, of Coburg, toda made an
assignment of all his property for the
benefit of his creditors. His liabilities
are 17,000, his assets $5000.
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BIG BUILDINGS ANNOUNCED
CONTRACTS 17ET FOR TJNIOX
MEAT COMPANY PLAN'T.
Work to Start in February on Olds,
W ort man & King Full Block
at West Park.
Two announcements made last week
concerning new building operations are
of more than ordinary Importance. One
was the awarding of contracts for the
main building and five smaller ones for
the Union Meat Company's plant on the
lower Peninsula. The brick construction
of these buildings is announced to In
volve an outlay of about $300,000. The
other report was that the architect of
the Trustee Company of Portland had
been in consultation with the Building
Inspector regarding preliminaries of the
erection of the building to occupy a
whole block at Tenth and Alder, for
occupancy by Olds, Wortman & King.
The inference is that work will start,
according to previous schedule, in Feb
ruary. Information of an unofficial nature
reaches this city from Vancouver, Wash
that Hill interests are buying up water
frontage below the bridge and that it is
the intention to construct docks and ele
vators to handle grain reaching that
point by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
road. Portland will receive quite as
much benefit from the location of docks
at that place as though located in the
bounds of the city, is the opinion of
those conversant with shipping business.
Owing to delay In settling some de
tails with reference to plans, the pro
posed hotel building to be erected by F.
Bechtem on Sixth street, between Flan
ders and Everett, will not bo started un
til Spring. The preliminary plans call
for a building to cost about $60,000.
Povey Bros., now located on North
Fifth street, propose to build on the
East Side on property recently bought
on the northeast corner of East Fif
teenth and Broadway. Plans are now
being prepared for the building, which
is to be of brick.
The double corner lot on Fifth street,
between Pine and Ankeny, recently sold
by Russell &-Blyth to Jacob H. Cook,
J. E. Wheeler and others for $75,000, was
bought about five "years ago for $15,000.
Contracts for the Chri6tensen building
at Eleventh and Yamhill have been
awarded by Architect Jacobberger as
follows: Carpenter and mason work,
Charles Iucas & Co.; iron work. Na
tion Iron Works, and roofing, Portland
Sheet Metal Works.
A company is being organized at Hllls
boro for the purpose of manufacturing
cement, tiling, pipe and septic tanks.
Plans have been completed for the
California state building to be erected
at .the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
at Seattle.
Plans are being made by Architect
Faber for an $S0uO residence to be built
at Piedmont for the Portland Building
Association.
Good progress is being made on excava
tion for the public market at Fifth,
Sixth. Gllsan and Hoyt streets. D. Le
Grand & Co. have the general contract.
The two frame buildings on the 100x100
corner of Thirteenth and Washington
streets, owned by Martin Winch, are be
ing removed bodily. M,r. Winch intends
to erect a two-story brick business build
ing and rooming-house on the site. W.
Li. Morgan is the architect. An examina
tion of the two old cottages revealed
that they are in most excellent condition,
despite the fact that they were built
many years ago.
A temporary lull Is noticed In Inquiry
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for, realty in the North End. " Consid
erable building Is going on in that dis
trict, however, and marked Improvement
in Its appearance Is noticeable day by
day.
The new building for the Pacific Paper
Company, at Fourth and Ankeny. 1
now practically under roof and work Is
to be rushed on the Interior. Present ex
pectation is to have the building ready
for occupancy by February 1.
Excavation is well along for the new
marble works and yards for the Blaeslng
Company on Third street, opposite City
Hall. .
The Imperial Hotel annex is rapidly
assuming shape. Reinforcement for up
rights of the first floor are In place and
forms are being placed for the concrete
columns.
Brick work on the fifth story of the
Rosenblatt Hotel building is under way
and with good weather the sixth story
to surround the light well should be fin
ished in the course of two weeks.
Another ehipment of steel for the
Meier & Frank Company's new building
Is expected dally, it having been sent
on Its way about two weeks ag'o. Await
ing the arrival of the material, work has
practically stopped on the steel con
struction, the only thing now done being
riveting of the portion already up.
Brick work has been started on the
building for the Irwin-Hodson Com
pany at Fifteenth and Glisan. Gard
ner & McClelland are the contractors,
who expect to have the brick work
done by February 1 and the building
under roof.
Dr. C. Gee "Wo, a Chinese doctor,
who has lived in Portland for a num
ber of years, has commissioned Arch
itect D. lu Williams to plan -and have
constructed a $7000 dwelling near Irv
ington for the doctor's occupancy.
-Among recent building contracts are
the following:
John "W. Slesfrled. for a $1400 dwelling
for Rosa M. Jachlotham in Brooklyn treot
between Kaat Twenty-ninth and East Thir
tieth streets. Waverly Heights.
York & Co.. for a 20uo aweltlng: for W.
G. Eaton, . East Sixty-seventh street, be
tween Alameda and Stanton street, Rosw
City Park.
H. Stelner, for a .$5000 dwelling for H.
Lutke. Twenty-fourth street, between Petty
grove and Quimby 'streets. Richard Martin,
Jr.. architect.
Peter Hobklrk. for a $1200 raraica fo
Donald McKay, Davis street, Between Six
teenth and Seventeenth.
W. T. Garrett, for a $5000 residence To
Mrs. Watts, Belmont street, between East
Twenty-seventh and East Twenty-eighth
streets. - .
T. C. Reichle. for a $1230 dwelling for
Antonio Llberto, Harrison street, between
First and Front.
A. Lindgren for a $1000 basement for a
building to be erected by the Portland Trns
Company, Overton street, between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-flfth streets.
A. J. F. Bowman, for. a I.ITiOO dwelltng
for E. W Brown, Willamette couievard,
near Burrage street.
John Invln, for an $1800 dwelling for 1.
I. Nixon, Blandena street, between Congress
and Borthwlck.
Sandstrom & Sprague. for a SlIKM) dwell
ing for Mrs. M. V. Roberts, Fremont street,
between Mississippi avenue and Michigan
avenue.
A. H. Haines has taken out a permit to
erect a $2250 dwelling In East Yamhill
street, between East Fortieth and East
Forty-first streets, for Julia A. Montague.
Roberts Construction Company, for a $3000
dwelling for Belche & Stine, corner Vaughn
and Thirty-first streets.
BROOKLYN" SEWER PROJECTED
Important Public Work Will Add
Much to District.
The near completion of the big Brook
lyn sewer system on the East Side, south
of Division street, means much for that
portion of the city. For want of an ade
quate eewer system, property in that
section has commanded a low figure com
pared with that of other portions no bet
ter located. Ixts ' formerly sold in the
Brooklyn district for $600 and $1000 are
worth double that figure and will bring
It as soon as sewers are provided.
The initial cost of the main sewer will
be $242,000 and then will come the lat
erals, which will coat considerably more.
A very great territory will be drained
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by this sewer system and will make a
large territory desirable for homes.
Property-owners are ready to start laying
laterals as soon as they can do sc.
Laterals, the next two years after the
main sewer is flnlshed'will .cost $400,000
or $500,000, for these conduits must be put
down on all the streets and the houses
connected up.
A fill will be completed on East Ninth
street across Stephens Slough the com
ing year and the improvements under
way and projected on Clinton, Ellsworth
and other streets will be finished. It is
also Intended to improve Division street
between East Tenth and the city limits.
South of Powell street, through the lni
iA,t.,A e H "Rrrtnklvn Improvement
Club, a number of important streets' are
being improved. A large nrnnoer ui new
homes are under construction.
HUT STAMPS BEING-SOLD
VISITIXG XCTtSES' CAMPAIGN
PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
Stickers Berng Purchased and Af
fixed, to Articles Sent Through
the Mail.
In placing 'CSCT Christmas stamp on
sale the Visiting Nurses' Association
has met with success far beyond its
expectations. Places for the sale of
the stamp are being established as
fast as possible. Reports from the
East are. that Chicago and other large
cities are making thi3 same campaign.
One hundred thousand stamps have
been placed on sale in various stores,
hotels end schools, and a double order
of 200,000 is expected from Washing
ton in a few days, and the firms who
have not been reached will be sup
plied. After the public meeting on Wednes
day the association received many
phone messages from individuals and
Arms in Woodstock, Lents, Milwau
kee 'and the Peninsula, saying: "Send
us a couple thousand stamps; we can
easily sell them and are anxloua to
help you." .
These orders will be" filled as soon
is possible.
The organization In placing the
stamps on sale has met with enthusi
asm on every side from the public and
teachers and children in the schools.
Merchants and salespeople have taken
a great interest in arranging the
stamps for sale and in hanging the
bright red and white posters in con
spicuous places throughout the stores.
The first outside town to be heard from
was Hood River. There Mrs. Robert
Wallace and Mrs. George Sargent are
enthusiastic workers and report an
eager demand for the stamps. The in
terest is not confined to those eager
to help the sick, but ' to the invalids
themselves. A little woman whom the
association found last Spring and has
visited daily since In an advanced
stage of tuberculosis asks constantly
how the work goes on, and wishes
there was some way in which she could
help. If every man, woman and child
would buy a number of these stamps
and put one on every article which
goes through the mail the postofflce
would soon show how much Oregon is
doing In this campalgn.
Ixmg Rest to Be Broken.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Having been
burled for nearly a century In an obscure
corner of the Digges farm, in Maryland,
near here, the body of Major LEnfant.
the engineering officer of the Colonial
Army who assisted George Washington in
lasting out the National Capital, is to be
removed at Government expense with
military ceremonies to Arlington Ceme
tery in Virginia.
This Is Worth Reading, so Take a Little
Time and Read Every Word of It
- You read the newspapers; therefore, you already know of the coming of
Swift & Company to the Peninsula of Portland. You probably do not realize
what it really means. We will tell you. It means the building of a city of
from 15,000 to 25,000 people on and around their townsite, known as Kenton.
Fifteen to twenty-five thousand people means big prices for real estate in
that locality. SWINTON is located right in the heart of it. You should be
able to figure from the above what lots will be worth in SWINTON in a
couple of years from now. If you are wise you will buy just as many lots in
SWINTON as you can carry. There are several reasons for not delaying, the
best of which is that in a couple more weeks there will be no lots left to buy.
Then you will be sore at yourself because you didn't take this tip.
The first plat of SWINTON contained a little over 600 lots, and was put
on the market about eight weeks ago. It was sold out in six weeks. About
two weeks ago we opened a second tract of SWINTON containing 400 lots,
and less than half of them now remain unsold. See how they are going? The
reason is that some of the best investors in Portland have visited SWINTON
and readily see what a golden opportunity it is, and, in many cases, have
bought whole blocks.
The prices in SWINTON are lower than any other property in that local
ity, taking everything into consideration. We have cleaned all the brush off
the lots, the streets are being graded, Bull P.un water is being piped to each
lot, and all being paid for by this company. You have none of it to pay for.
Last, but not least,
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IS THE ONLY RESTRICTED TRACT
IN THAT WHOLE LOCALITY
It having a $1500 building restriction, therefore will contain the cream of
the population of this new town being created by Swift. There will be no
shacks in SWINTON, which means a big increase in values.
SPECIAL DISCOUNT
For a short time we are offering a 10 per cent discount off the purchase
price of lots in SWINTON, owing to the fact that we have not been able
to improve it as fast as we are selling it. An extra 5 per cent discount will
be given if you wish to pay cash. Terms, 10 per cent down and 2 per cent a
month if you rather, which gives you a chance to speculate with our money.
Do you ever expect to get a better opportunity to make easy money?
OUR AUTOMOBILES ARE ALWAYS READY TO TAKE YOU OUT
COLUMBIA TRUST CO.
7th floor Couch Bldg., 109 Fourth St., near Washington.
JATL-BREAK TOOLS Fi
SHERIFF CONDUCTS PROFIT
ABLE SEARCH OF JAIL.
No Jail-Break Attempt Feared, but
Various Weapons and Knick
Knacks Discovered.
In a minute search of the County Jail
yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Stevens and
Jailer Hunter unearthed a number of
dangerous Improvised weapons and knick
knacks which had been secreted In cells
by some mysterious means during the
past three months, since the Jail was
searched. While It is not believed there
was any conspiracy to break Jail, yet the
presence of such things in the Jail was
considered a menace and might have
been put to use by desperate crooks had
an opportunity presented Itself.
luro- ,t (ha liinlf Tx.-a ifnrned lin In
Cell No. 8. where thieves, burglars and
swindlers are Kept, lrwo smu.ii meuii ui
'min t-Vilfli had hpAn marie from
an old gas fixture. There was also a
small flat bar, which must nave oeen
smuggled into the Jail, and one other
Fireside Hospitality
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M. J. Walsh Co.
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They light very easily, and give a clear, steady, cheerful white light,
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which had been twisted from a bun. A
razor set in an improvised wooden handle
was found In one cell. Two pocket
kreives. a case knife and one small burg
lar's Jimmie were also found.
An unusual "fishing" device was
brought to light from behind a bath
tub. It was a long wire with a hook
attached at one end and a long piece of
string at the other. There is a venti
lator near the cell or corridor occupied
by thieves and this contrivance was used
to fish about in the ventilator for ob
jects that might have fallen from above.
An old torch was found In a corner, to
gether with a supply of fuel and a long,
thin spring was picked up, which must
have been taken from a watch. This is
one of the largest finds recorded at the
Jail. The practice of crooks of carry
ing all manner of odds and ends to their
cells is well known. In case of an op
portunity to break Jail, such things
would prove extremely useful to the prut
oners and very dangerous to the author
ities. There was no suspicion of an at
tempt at breaking Jail and the search of
tiie Jail was made in accordance with a
regular practice.
Slisslonary Dies of Burns.
LAPEER, Mich., Dec. 5. Rev. R. H.
Sidebothamel, aged 34, a missionary
recently returned from Corea, died
here Thursday night of burns received
in a gasoline explosion. He poured
gasoline by mistake on a fire which
he was kindling.
The most healthful fires are
those of the open g-ate. The ra
diant heat gives cheer and com
fort, the ventilation provides fresh
air the log from Oregon's forest
blazing on the andirons bespeaks
the hospitality of olden times.
The present day is witnessing a
revival of the use of andirons,
screens, tongs, etc. We carry a
most varied assortment, also the
newest designed lighting fixtures,
all moderately priced.
311 Stark Street
1 & Modern
System of
Lighting
HOLLOW WIRE
Gasoline Lighting Systems
They are not expensive to install and they cost less 10
operate than kerosene lamps.
Another advantage is that they may be regulated to
give from 200 to 800 candle power.
They are guaranteed to give satisfaction. Write for
catalogue and prices.
We also carry in stock extra parts and supplies for all
makes of gasoline lamps and lighting systems.
H. W. MANNING L. & S. CO.
Street, Porland, Oregon
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